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PATENT OFFICE.

HARRY s. DUKES AND WILLIAM H. CLAYTON, OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKAN- SAS, A'ssICNoRs To THE'DUKES TYPEWRITER COMPANY, OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS, A CORPORATION.

TYPE-WRITING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming art of Letters Patent No. 753,788, dated March 1, 1904. Application filed November 14, 1901. Serial No. 82,228. i (No modeLl To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that we, HARRY S. D KEs and WILLIAM H. CLAYTON, citizens of the United States, residing at Little .Rock,Pulaski county, Arkansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Type Writing Machines,

of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to type-writing machines, and has special reference to that class of machines Commonly known as book typewriters, and comprising means for printing upon the pages of books or other surfaces held in a flat or spread-out condition.

Many of the improvements contemplated by the invention possess utility in type-writing machines generally; but as they are es pecially useful in the character of machines referred to all the improvements are illustrated and described in connection with a book type-writing machine having a printing mechanism capable of advancing lengthwise and also transversely of the work to effect the I necessary line and letter spacing.

A general object of the invention is to provide a thoroughly practical and simple construction and arrangement of vparts to per mit of the easy manipulation of the machine and its various instrumentalities, while at the same time effecting accurate and neatlyalined printing and also presenting an arrangeparts in a very small compass and rendering it possible toprovide a very low keyboard with a dip as low as commonly found in the ordinary I type-writing machine.

A further object of the invention is to provide anumber of detail structural improvements which admit of the machine being constructed with a minimum number of operatmg parts and of a comparatively small size and light in weight, all of which features are distinct and important qualifications of a book type-writing machine and the absence of which constitutes one ofthe present serious objections to such book type-writing ma- 'One of the important improvements contemplated by the present invention resides in anovel type of main supporting-frame for' the traveling printing mechanism and the track-rails therefor, whereby the same is capable of vertical adjustment not'only for adaptation'to the thickness of the book or other object .beingiprinted upon, but also for permitting the same to readily Clear the'work,

whereby the frame and the entire mechanism supported thereon may be easily. shifted I or moved from one page of the book to the other, so as to bring the frame and the printing mechanism thereon over either page or moved entirely outside of the printing zone to permit of the convenient handling of the work and in the. caseof a book to permit 7 Y of the-free turning of the pages. L An essential feature in this-connection resides in the v novel mounting of the main supportingframe for the printing mechanism and the track for the latter, whereby the frame and the mechanism thereon may be bodily raised and lowered with a minimum effort on the part of the operator; A r

To this end the invention contemplates such an arrangement and relation of the supports for the main supporting-frame that such frame as an entirety may be elevated from the work by an independent bodily movement thereof. Specifically speaking,.this part of the invention involves the synchronous raising and lowering of the front and rear ends of the supporting-frame while the latter remains in an approximately horizontal plane, and when thus elevated will be readily shiftable in a lateral or transverse direction, accordingly as the operator may desire. Also the supportingframe part involves the provision of means whereby the rising-and-falling movement referred to may be accomplished independently of the adjustment of the main base-supports, the adjustment of which is only utilized where books of largely-varying sizes may be operated upon.

Another object of the invention is to associate with the main supporting frame improved means for clamping the work properly in position, while at the same time permitting of the printing being carried very close to the edges of the longitudinal guides forming a part of the frame, and also an improved arrangement of parts is provided whereby the main supporting-frame slidably supports a track-carrier, which in turn carries the entire line-spacing mechanism, (excepting the actuating means therefor,) the actuating or impulse spring for the carriage or printing mechanism, the letter-spacing rack, the adjustable line-lock and bell-trips, and all related parts.

A further object of the invention is to effect an improvement in the line-spacing mechanism which is carried by the track-carrier and to so arrange the various elements of this mechanism as to insure a perfectly synchronous and positive action of the spacing-pawls, besides involving a novel mounting of these pawls which provides for the normal disengagement from the teeth of the guides, thus dispensing with the necessity of a releasing device to permit of the track-carrier and the printing mechanism thereon being freely moved back and forth on the guides, as set forth in the other patent referred to.

There is also contemplated an improvement in the means carried by the type-carriage for actuating the line-spacing mechanism carried by the track-carrier upon the main supporting-frame and also to effect a simple and practical mounting of the entire type-action, in cluding the type-bar carrier and the key connections for the type-bars.

In connection with the type-action the invention provides an improved shifting mechanism, associated with novel reversing means, whereby not only upper and lower case characters may be readily printed during the manipulation of the machine, but the type-action ihay also be quickly and positively. set for normally printing either upper or lower case charactors and the same shift-key employed with the type-action set in either position.

Other objects of the invention reside in simplifying the construction of the line-lock and in a novel mounting of the line-lock trip, whereby the parts may be readily adjusted or set to positions to eflfect a locking of the typeaction at any point desired within the printing-scale and also to effect a numberof improvements in the detail construction and mounting of various other instrumentalities to assist in carrying out the general objects above specified. J

With these and many other objects in view, which will more readily appear as the nature ferred embodiments of the improvements and the preferred way of associating the different instrumentalities for use in a book type-writing machine are shown in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a general perspective view of a book type-writing'machine embodying the improvements contemplated by the present invention and shown shifted to position at one side of the work-holder, thus illustrating the ready adaptability of the supporting-frame and the mechanism carried thereby to be freely shifted to any desired position within or outside of the printing zone. view of a book type-writing machine, including its main supporting-frame, constructed in accordance with the present invention. Fig. 3 is a similar View with the type-carriage or printing mechanism removed from its track to expose the track-carrier and the various parts associated therewith. Fig. 4 is a top plan view with the type-carriage or printing mechanism and also the type-carrier removed from the main supporting-frame to illustrate more plainly the construction and mounting of this frame and its relation to the workholder. Fig. 5 is a longitudinal sectional view on the line 5 5 of Fig. 4, showing more plainly the cooperative relation between the rest-tables of the type of work-holder which may be preferably employed in connection with the machine. Fig. 6 is a transverse sectional view on the line 6 6 of Fig. 4:. Fig. 7 is a detail perspective View showing more clearly the operative relation between one of the baserods, a vertically-swinging frame-carrying rod, a longitudinal side bar or guide of the supporting-frame proper, and a convenient operating means for the frame-supports. Fig. 8 is a longitudinal sectional view through the type-carriage, the view beingsomewhat skeletonized to plainly expose the type action. Fig. 9 is a similar View ofthe type-carriage, illustrating one position of the shifting mechanism for the type-action to normally hold the type-bars in position for printing lowercase characters. Fig. 10 is a similar view showing the parts of the shifting mechanism adjusted to normally hold the type-bars in position for printing upper-case characters. Fig. 11 is a detail elevation of the shift-lever forming a part of the type-bar-shifting mechanism. Fig. 12 is a sectional View of the slotted head of said shift-lever on the line 12 12 of Fig. 11. Fig. 13 is a detail elevation of the reversing device associated with the shiftlever and also constituting a part of the type- Fig. 2 is a top plan bar-shifting mechanism. Fig; 14 is a sectional view on the line let 1 of Fig. 13. Fig. 15 is a perspective view of the entire typeaction removed from the carriage-casing and illustrating all of the various parts and instrumentalities of such action carried by a single type-action frame. Fig. 16 is a detail sectional view on the line 16 16 of Fig. 15,

- a portionof the hanger-ring for the type-bars,

showing more plainly the mounting of the type-bar hangers and the relative positioning of the adjusting devices therefor. Fig. 19 is a sectional view on the line 19 19 of Fig. 18, showing the adjusting device for the type-bar hangers to provide for adjusting the bearings thereof. Fig. 20 is a perspective view of a pair of type-bar hangers, showing the reverse relation of the bearing cheeks or arms thereof to permit of compact grouping, one of the hangers having indicated thereon in dotted lines the oppositely-disposed adjusting-plates for the bearings. Fig. 21 is a top plan view of the detachable bottom plate of the carriage-casing, showing the several instrumentalities carried by such plate. Fig. 22 is a bottom plan view of the said bottom plate. Fig. 23 is a fragmentaryperspective view of the operating devices for the line-spacingmecheinisin, showing the operative traveling engagement thereof with the spacing-bar of the portion of the mechanism carried by the track-carrier. Fig. 2 1 is an enlarged detail plan view of a portion of the line-spacing mechanism, showing more plainly the action of one of the spacing-pawls. Fig. 25 is a detail sectional view illustrating the line -lock in its normal unlocked position. Fig. 26 is a similar view showing the line-lock in-the locked position which it assumes automatically at the end of the line being printed, said View also indicating the position of the adjustable line-lock trip carried by the trackcarrier. Fig. 27 is a fragmentary perspective view of the entire line-lock, including the elements carried both by the carriage and also by the track-carrier. Fig. 28 is a detail sectional View indicated by the line 28 28 in Fig. 3 and showing one expedient for the adjustable mounting and holding of the adjustable line-lock and bell-trips on the trip-holding bar carried by the adjustable member of the track-carrier. Fig. 29 is a sectional view taken on the line 29 29 of Fig. 26, showing the operative relation of the line-lock elements to the line-lock trip when the trip-lever is engaged with the stop-shoulder of the trip and the pendent foot of the locking-lever is disposed in operative relation to the cam-piece ready to ride over such cam-piece on the return movement of the carriage. Figf3O is a detail in perspective of the bell-striking device which may be employed with the ma: chine. Fig. 31 is a top plan view showing a modification of the main supporting-frame for the machine, in which the end bars in the preferred construction are dispensed with and the functions thereof are performed by the vertically 4 swinging frame carrying rods which are carried by the front and rear swinging elements or links. Fig. 32 is another modification of the main supporting-frame,

in which the frame as an entirety has a fixed position with relation to the work and the work-holder is shiftable.

Figs. 33 and 34 are detail sectional views, respectively, on the I lines 33 33 and 34 34 of Fig. 3. Fig. 35 is a skeleton perspective view of the common universal bar, illustrating more plainly the detachable latch connection between the same and the lever of the motiontransmitting element or rock-shaft and also the cooperation of the space-key yoke-lever connection with said universal bar.

Fig. 36 is a detail sectional view on the line 36 36 of Fig. 21, showing more plainly the main tension-spring.

Fig. .37 is a diagrammatic View illustrative of the movement of the type-bar carrier. Fig.

38 is a detail sectional view-on the line 38 38 of Fig. 24:, showing more plainly the open I keeper of the plunger-stem which receives the spacing-bar of the line-spacing mechanism. Fig. 39 is a detail diagrammatic view associated therewith may necessarily be utilized in connection with any suitable and practical type of work-holder; but inasmuch as great advantage is derived in a book typewriting machine from the employment of a work-holder comprising means for automatpurposes a preferred form of work-holder for use in connection with the improvements claimed herein. This work-holder embodies several structural improvements, which impart to the same special utility over similar types of work-holders; but as these improvements are not specifically claimed in the pres- 

